extoker wants to know:
Can I put a tiger oscar, blue jack dempsey, green terror, firemouth, black convict, red devil, electric yellow African cichlid, jewel cichlid, managuese, Texas cichlid, and a pleco in a 55 gallon long tank?
Can I put a tiger oscar, blue jack dempsey, green terror, firemouth, black convict, red devil, electric yellow African cichlid, jewel cichlid, managuese, Texas cichlid, and a pleco in a 55 gallon long tank?
March 7th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Simple Answer - NO
Ian
March 8th, 2010 at 10:00 am
that’s too many LARGE fish for that sized tank, pick out three or four of your favorites, that will be more than enough…but be sure to keep an eye on them for any bullying
(don’t mix africans with south americans - they have different requirements)
March 8th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
A 55 gallon tank is not large when we are talking about aggressive, territorial fish.
Here would be a better stocking for your tank;
1 Tiger Oscar
or
1 Jack Dempsey
or
1 Green Terror
or
a pair of Convicts
or
3 Firemouths
or
3 Jewel Cichlids
or
African Cichlid Community Tank including Electric Yellow African
As for all the others you listed I would not put them in your tank at all due to the size of the tank alone.
March 12th, 2010 at 1:36 am
thats too much fish in a 55 gallon fish tank. i have a 52 gallon and i have a oscar, green terror and jack dempsey. three aggressive cichlids is probably the max u could keep in a tank that size. unless u plan to move them when they get bigger but u would need a 120 gallon + to keep them at maximum size. most of those fish grow bigger than 20cm so imagine them at maximum size in ur 55 gallon tank…….see wat i mean? so get three of those cichlids as juveniles and keep them if u want. i recommend getting either a green terror, jack dempsey, oscar, texas, firemouth or convict. the rest are too aggressive to keep. managuese grow 50cm long! it could kill the other fish or outgrow them easily. so get three of the cichlids i said and keep them together from juveniles.